Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, May 8, 2018
River flow6.67 ft
Actual · 05/08/2018
6.67 ft; discharge 9,710 cfs
USGS daily
05/08 average
4.70 ft; discharge 5,070 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 1.97 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 65° / 25°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 05/08 average: 36% of peak melted · 17.8 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2018
65° / 25°F · 0.00"
05/08 average
56° / 25°F · 0.02"
19 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2018
70° / 39°F · 0.00"
05/08 average
63° / 36°F · 0.01"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 05/08 average: 36% of peak melted · 17.8 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 05/08 average: 17% of peak melted · 36.5 in SWE
Lottery oddsOutside the May 28–Sep 3 lottery season. Season-wide 2025: 1.79%.
2025 lottery
Outside the May 28–Sep 3 lottery season. Season-wide 2025: 1.79%.
Day-of-week context (2025)
Days with the best odds: Saturday 2.81%, Friday 2.17%
Days with the worst odds: Monday 1.05%, Tuesday 1.54%
Tuesdays: 1.54%, about 1 in 65
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.